Media Release -February 10, 2014 Kingston’s New Hospital’s Costs Sky-Rocket: Health Coalition Questions Waste of Health Care Dollars on Private Profit The cost for Providence Care’s new privatized P3 hospital in Kingston has skyrocketed from an initial estimate…
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Kingston’s New Hospital’s Costs Sky-Rocket
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Open Letter re: Sisters of Providence and the Kingston P3
June 10, 2013 Hon. Deborah Matthews Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care 10th Floor, Hepburn Block 80 Grosvenor Street Toronto, Ontario M7A 2C4 Open letter re: Sisters of Providence and the Kingston P3 Minister Matthews, I am writing…
Government Misrepresents the Sisters of Providence to Justify P3-Privatization of Hospital Funding
The Kingston Health Coalition challenges the Government’s unethical use of the Sisters of Providence to justify a for-profit P3 hospital in Kingston. On April 26, in the provincial legislature, in response to a question asking if the province will “listen…
Crisis in the UK – A conversation with Dr. John Lister about Kingston’s new P3 hospital.
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Did Mayor Gerretsen Make-Up a Quote from Ontario’s Auditor in Speech to City Council?
Dear Mayor Gerrestsen, At the April 11 Kingston City Council meeting you stated, in your comments to Council, that you had read the Ontario’s Auditor General’s reports on the Brampton Civic Hospital and that the Auditor said, indicating a direct quote,…
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9,885 People Vote in Kingston Hospital Referendum: 96% Support Public Non-Profit Hospital
Kingston - On Saturday April 13, 9,885 people voted at 55 polling stations spread from Sharbot Lake to Gananoque to Amhertsview in a community referendum on whether the region’s new hospital should be a public non-profit hospital or a P3…
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Coalition “disappointed” as Kingston Mayor breaks tie vote on new hospital, tipping balance in favour of P3 privatization
Dear Mayor Gerretsen and Deputy Mayor Hector, We appreciate that you both took the time to attend Keep Our Hospitals Public events and took the time to look at the written information that we provided to Council. We feel it is…
Thousands of Kingston residents expected to vote as hundreds of volunteers staff voting stations across Kingston
Coalition “disappointed” as Kingston Mayor breaks tie vote on new hospital, tipping balance in favour of P3 privatization Kingston , Ontario – Final preparations are underway for a community-wide vote to be held tomorrow in Kingston where, weather permitting, the…
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Health Coalition urges respectful dialogue with Providence Care
Dear Directors, We actively support viable hospitals and good quality hospital services, for which both St. Mary’s and Providence care are noted. The P3 proposal is a political problem caused by Infrastructure Ontario and the Provincial Government which we feel…
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U.K. Expert Warns of P3 Disaster
Hospital Bankruptcies, “Ghastly” Profits, Kingston Residents Told Kingston, Ontario – In a briefing hosted by the Health Coalition, Dr. John Lister a U.K. expert on P3s, recounted the shocking story of excessive profits, massive public debt and hospital insolvency as…
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